Proverbs 20:5
“Counsell in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of vnderstanding will draw it out.”
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Proverbs 20:5 Context
3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling. 4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he begge in haruest, and haue nothing. 5Counsell in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of vnderstanding will draw it out. 6Most men will proclaime euery one his owne goodnes: but a faithfull man who can finde? 7The iust man walketh in his integritie: his children are blessed after him.
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Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
- King James Version
A plan in the heart of a man is {like} deep water, But a man of understanding draws it out.
- New American Standard Version (1995)